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Jul

by thefourpartland

In addition to my normally scheduled post today, I have a little gift for you readers. If you go to Smashwords and enter coupon code LV72P, you’ll get Tarranau for 40% off.

AND L.M. Stull is making this deal even more enticing —> Visit her blog for details on how you can snag an autographed paperback!  But you’ll have to hurry – these offers only last until Sunday night California time.

Coloured Waves

A wave lapped at the shore, foam tinted red.

Water splashed as boys sprinted from the ocean, running before the surf.
Some fell, and did not rise. Others stumbled, then ran all the more.
Fountains danced upon the sand, becoming flowers for but a moment.
Flowers there would be, but not here, not yet.

Men no longer ran from the surf. They stood with shovels and concrete, waved and shouted.
They built, and the beach disappeared under their construction.
Then they left.

A wave lapped at the shore, foam tinted white.

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And the second half of the double feature.

String

A string. Such a petty, tiny object. Used for mundane tasks, boring tasks. Yet it represents the universe. Ever wonder why that was the case?

Because it is string. Circular, I know. But the infinite possible actions with a piece of string mirror the universe.

Someday, we’ll understand what we see. Truly understand, that is. Right now we build theorems and descriptions and formulae, and no one really comprehends.

When measurement produces what something is, and not what something looks like, then we will know.

And upon that day, we believe.

Filed Under Flash Fiction, Other Writing, Tarranau, The Four Part Land 

Comments

  1. Steve Green on 07.29.2011

    “Coloured waves” gave me mindscenes of soldiers running from landing craft, under fire, like in the D-Day landings.

    “String”, how long is a piece?

    Deep pieces, both of them.

  2. The Four Part Land on 07.29.2011

    I was certainly thinking of D–Day when I wrote that piece, and of the calm that comes after.

    As for string, well, it’s as long as it needs to be.

    Also, this weekend I’ll be dropping by the mail with a package for you 😉

  3. Steve Green on 07.30.2011

    James, thank you very much, your kind gesture is greatly appreciated. 🙂

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